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Summary: Mission Compromised
Review: I sit amazed at the fact that a company that is obviously doing well on a product would shoot itself in the foot by posting a letter of disapproval first on its review list. I wrote in over a week ago know to inform Amazon that Col. North sold his first book at a Republican Party fundraiser. However this did not make it to the list. But you all did find it good buisness to put a horrible review as the header for all others. I find it humorus that even with this ideology, Col. North continues to prove that Liberal Press has no control over the conservative public. Thank you for continuing to prove this wonderful point, with this incredible book!!
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Summary: Always Faithful
Review: North's Mission Compromised is a well written account of a US Marine's journey through an impossible situation of deception and disloyalty, but more importantly, faith. As a young Marine, Major Peter Newman is an honorable man who believes in Semper Fidelis. As he joins the cruel world of politics in Washington, he finds himself out of place not only in his top secret assignment, but in his marriage. As his mission progresses, he will learn the deeper meaning of Semper Fidelis, one that he never recognized and could never imagine he'd depend on.North paints a realistic picture of the dangers that greed and power play not only in the world of politcs, but terrorism as well. From Suddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden to General Mohammed Farrah Aidid. A great book thats very hard to put down.
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Summary: Captivating!
Review: No work of fiction has so captured my interest as much as this book. Literally every single sentence captivated my attention. I'm not sure if it is due to the fact that like the author, Oliver North, I am a prior United States Marine. There's a certain "brotherhood" that exists amongst Marines that really only other Marines can truly understand and relate to. With that aside, Colonel North takes us behind the scenes and shows us the goings on of top-secret government agencies. Of course, this is a work of fiction, but nevertheless, Oliver North has been behind the scenes himself so he is more than qualified to write with an insider's knowledge; he even describes in meticulous detail his former office, which the character in the book, Major Newman, now resides. A definite MUST READ. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in the US military, special government agencies, the minds of terrorists, why the US doesn't belong in the UN, patriotism, the forgiveness offered by Christianity.....or just simply looking to spend some hours in fascinating entertainment. Semper Fi!
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Summary: Huh? I think it was good.
Review: Looking at the review above from Publishers Weekly, I'm wondering what book they read. Obviously not the same one everyone else on this page read. It was good, and I am not a fan of this type of book, either. A co-worker recomended it so I read it. Not bad, Ollie. Unfare Publishers Weekly.
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Summary: A Colonel of Truth
Review: Taut, riveting, and clearly written by a man who, in a very real sense, lived many elements of the story, "Mission Compromised" does for historical military fiction what "Left Behind" did for post-apocalyptic fiction.
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Summary: A very mixed bag...
Review: As a story of intrigue and adventure, this is right up there with the best. But understand that it is also a polemic about what the very right would declare as the criminal empire called the UN; the criminal empire called the Clinton Presidency; the crimes of certain congressmen, politicians and businesses; the criminal acts of Russians, Ukrainians, Iraquis and a pile of others who are not on the Republican National Commitee's mailing list. Add to that a strong Christian message, and you realize this ain't Tom Clancy; maybe LaHaye's fictional dreamworld of the Left Behind series mixed with Clancy. Still, it is a very good read, and I do not doubt that North writes what he knows; at least as he can without running afoul of the law.
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Summary: Very disappointing.
Review: I wanted to like this book, and looked forward to enjoying it. Unfortunately, I ended up reading the first half and skipping to the end without bothering to read the second half. Actually, the first half is promising. Col. North sets up his plot well, but when he gets into the "mission" itself, he fails to deliver. The plot has two serious flaws; the nefarious scheme involved is completely unrealistic to the point of being preposterous, and the hero would have to be brain dead to fall prey to it. I suspect the reason is something I heard Col. North allude to in an MSNBC interview. He said he didn't want to disclose classified information in the book, nor had he done so. He apparently accomplished this by creating a situation which couldn't possibly happen in the way it unfolds in the book, so it can't possibly be tied to anything which actually happened. Enjoying political thrillers requires suspension of disbelief, arguably to a greater degree than any other mainstream genre. In providing a truly unbelievable, downright silly scheme as the engine which drives his plot, Col. North made suspending disbelief impossible.
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Summary: Don't waste your money!
Review: As a devote' of high-tech/war novels, I eagerly gobbled up this new novel by Oliver North. However it didn't take long to realize this was going to be 700 pages of misery to finish. Col. North is using this forum as a means to expunge his guilt and show his transformation from a criminal to religious right. It fails!! It does have a few moments of actual enjoyable fiction, but they are not worth reading about old Ollie's escapades.
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Summary: Mission Ridiculous
Review: Ten days before the Iran Contra scandal broke in late 1986, an investment banker in Paris, a businessman in Portugal and a priest in Poland are all assassinated in professional hits made to look like accidents. Each worked for and ex-CIA guy named Goode. Eight years later, fourteen months after the disaster in Mogadishu, Marine Maj. Peter Newman is made Special Projects Officer for the White House National Security Council, a job vacant since Oliver North was forced to resign it. The turbo arrogant NSC head, nicknamed Java the Hut, tells Peter his assignment will be to avenge the deaths in Somalia, one of which was Peter's younger brother. To this point I thought this was shaping up to be an exciting, credible action thriller. Wrong! -The plot premise is off the wall with the UN sanctioning an international assassination team to take out the elite of international terrorists, the US providing leaders for the team and allowing them to report to an ex KGB heavyweight who now happens to be the #2 guy at the UN. -North self-servingly writes himself into the story as hero and role model for Peter who remids us how unfair it was that Ollie took the rap for a critical assignment he had orders to carry out. -The thread of one dimensional religious conviction from all the good characters who surround Peter is insulting. Even the Iraqi who helps Peter get out after his mission goes bad is a sixth generation Christian with a message from God that brought him to the rescue. -The bad guys are as powerful and as sinister as you can imagine, way over the top. When Peter's mission to take out Saddam and Osama is compromised, some pretty good action and intrigue follows. When North uses the story as a platform to deliver his religious and moral message, it fails.
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Summary: FASCINATING SUSPENSE THRILLER
Review: I COULD NOT PUT THIS BOOK DOWN !!! AN EXCITING THRILL RIDE OF A BOOK, THIS IS A STORY ARC RIGHT OUT OF TODAY'S HEADLINES. EASIER TO COMPREHEND THAN CLANCY NOVELS, THE READER IS REWARDED WITH A RICH, COLORFUL AND THOROUGHLY ENGAGING STORY. IT'S AN ABSOLUTE PLEASURE TO RECOMMEND THIS EXCELLANT NOVEL !!
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